Recall Filed In Spite Of Gill
Mayor failed to obtain a restraining order from Judge Albertson against Comptroller Bothwell over recall petition certification. A federal court denial followed as Judge Hanford set a show cause date for Hoyt to seek injunction. Comptroller certified 9624 petitions valid with 953 names to spare after 1800 disqualifications.
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Gill
Albertson
Bothwell
C. H. Hanford
United States Circuit Court
Hanie
A . H. Seebey
Ilinois
Mayor II
Interbay
Heber H. Hoyt
Scobey
Iiinola
Hanford
Hoyt
Aviation Perils Mark 1910 Year With Fatal Falls
Chronicle of aviation accidents outlining pilots and aircraft across Europe and America from January to December 1910. Notable deaths include Delagrange in Bordeaux, Le Blon in San Sebastian, and Ralph Johnstone in Denver, with multiple crashes in Germany France Italy and Russia.
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Leon Delagrange
Bordeaux
France
Hubert le Blon
San Sebastian
Spain
Stettin
Germany
Richard Abexs
Breslau
Bitterfield
Chauvette Michel
City Hall Bond Debate Renewed in Seattle
The question of city hall bonds resurfaces as Seattle voters previously rejected a bond for a new municipal building at the old city hall site. The Municipal League notes the plans commission was asked to draft a civic center for Beattie and urges waiting for its report before finalizing a 50 year fixture.
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Seattle
City Hall
Municipal League
Municipal Plans Commission
Beattie
C. J. France
League
Plans Commission
Jail tub makers face possible fines in Sherman act case
Washington dispatch notes attorneys for tub trade defendants in a Sherman act case declined to discuss aims or outcomes of a visit to the department of justice. Reports say an offer may seek a guilty plea and fines rather than imprisonment. Celebrants mark the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs John Wesley De Mott in town under G A R and Spanish War Veterans auspices.
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Washington
John Wesley de Mott
A. B
Grand Army
School Fire Protection Inspected After Board Order
The school board ordered an audit of all Svwattle schools with Fire Marshal Gardner Kellogg an architect and a fire underwriters’ representative to assess needed changes for fire safety. No complaints yet, but periodic checks are deemed prudent. Dr. A. M. Critz funeral set at 1540 Market St Ballard with Masonic lodge involvement. Burial at Crown Hill cemetery tomorrow at 2 pm.
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Gardner Kellogg
Board of Fire Underwriters
A. M. Critz
Templars’ Hall
Market St. Ballard
Crown Hill
Masonic Lodge
Bar the Snakes Suit in Houston over Transported Pets
William Johnson sues in Houston Texas after local express companies refuse to transport his snakes used for the circus trade. He argues the refusals impair his business.
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Houston
Tex
William Johnson
Dishwashers Fortune Leaves Estate to Three Men
Margaret Connors a hotel dishwasher in Philadelphia died leaving a fortune of 37880 dollars to three men in the West party.
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Philadelphia
Margaret Connors
Frank Opdyke Marks 41 Years as Central Hotel Manager
Calais Mc. Dee reports Frank Opdyke today begins his 41st year in charge of the Central hotel. He has had 36 days off during his long service.
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Calais
Mc. Dee
Frank Opdyke
Central Hotel
Candymaker Hugo Mock Dies in Syrup Vat Accident
Berlin reports Hugo Mock a candymaker died after tumbling into a cane syrup vat. He was rescued but pronounced dead. The incident occurred earlier today with authorities investigating the cause of the accident.
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Berlin
Hugo Mock
Eagles officers to be prosecuted for liquor in club rooms
Portland authorities say Fraternal Order of Eagles officers who permit liquor in club rooms will be prosecuted as bootleggers. In Atlanta Mrs. Mary Mitchell, 30, has given birth to her 14th child. all are living.
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Portland
Order of Eagles
Atlanta, Ga
Mary Mitchell
Powers Accused Over Leadership At Boylston Unitarian Church
A meeting of church members in January is called by secretary Josephine K Stuff to consider the fitness of Mr J D O Powers as minister at Boylston Avenue Unitarian church. He is said to have morally supported the Vice organ and opposed the Public Welfare league, even questioning the council probers and Welfare league during a sermon.
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J. D. O. Powers
Boylston Avenue
Mrs Denny Pioneer of Seattle Dies at 88
Mrs. Denny aged 88 died yesterday leaving six children sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She and her husband were among Seattle’s first settlers arriving at Alki Point aboard the Exact in 1851. Funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 PM from 1220 Boren Ave with Reverends Freeland and Temple officiating. Burial will be with her husband at Lakeview cemetery.
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Arthur A. Denny
Kellogg Flays Arms For City Lighting Dept Misconduct
Councilman Kellogg, acting as prosecutor for council probes, charged Arms with incompetence as superintendent of lighting. He cited employee testimony that Arms favored Seattle Electric Co, refused downtown contracts, declined Ballard service, and hastened meter removal despite available water power and funds.
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Arms
Seattle Electric Company
Ballard
Municipal League
Kellogs
Arma
8. EB. Co
Landslide Blocks Fremont Westlake Road and Trestle
A 5000 cubic feet earth slide along the new Westlake boulevard near Fremont halted car service to Fremont and Green Lake. The slide toppled 30 feet, undermining the Westlake trestle on the S B E Co line and sending three beams and 18 pilings into the lake. Holt and Jeffery hold the construction contract for the regrading project. A crew began repairs after the 4:30 p.m. incident and diversions routed traffic via the Eastlake Line to 45th Street and Woodland.
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Westlake
Fremont
Green Lake
Eastlake
45Th St
Woodland
S. BE. Co
Hunter killed by his friend near Lemons Beach
William Bock, a rancher, was shot in the right leg by his hunting companion George W. Newburn while rabbit hunting in the wooded country east of Lemons Beach near the Narrows. He died within an hour from loss of blood while en route to a local hospital.
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Tacoma
Lemons Beach
Narrows
William Bock
George W. Newburn
Pinch for Aviator If He Shoots Ducks
Aviator Hubert Latham faces arrest if he hunts ducks by air again without a hunting license as required by law. Deputy Game Warden Durus served the notice in Los Angeles. Mayor Sullivan refuses a proposed pay raise after being offered from 100 to 1000 dollars a year. A sharp earthquake shook San Francisco at 4:20 am with no damage reported. Grace Pigott aged 11 wed Austin Wordsworth aged 20 in Boston after parental consent.
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Los Angeles
Hubert Latham
Durus
Cranston
R. L
M. Sullivan
San Francisco
Flea troupe entertains crowds at Keith's theatre
In Boston a trained fleas act draws huge curiosity at Keith's vaudeville theatre with magnifying glasses for viewing. Paris dispatch reports millinery apprentices ages 15 to 18 strike for higher pay, demanding 15 cents a day from 12 cents.
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Boston
Keith
Blavery
Paris
Odds and Ends From Everywhere
New York banker Joseph G. Robin was indicted on the way to his trial after swallowing a deadly alkaloid once used by Dr. Crippen. He collapsed and was taken to Bellevue with expected recovery. In court, two cases involve bigamy and desertion. Rudolph Samet plans a sale of the Balllargeon building lease to western interests in North Yakima. Beattie wrestler Fr. Roller deeded half a section of Wide Hollow land to his wife. London reports show public discontent among workers though no official alarm.
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New York
Joseph G. Robin
Dr. Crippen
Belle Himore
Bellevue
North Yakima
Roller
Beattie
Chicago
Six marriage licenses issued by county yesterday
A dozen items report local events from marriages to deaths and crimes. Six marriage licenses were issued by the county yesterday. Death records show four deaths with three in their sixties. The Tyrrell Shoe Co. in Seattle hosted an annual banquet at the Arctic Club. A Madison Street Methodist sermon will be delivered by Mrs. William Park on A Good Resolution. Bishop Keator will attend a Seattle Ministerial Federation supper at the YMCA. Dynamiters damaged Walter Vanstone’s sheet metal works in Kansas City with no injuries. A 19 year old woman was arrested in San Francisco while trying to reach her ill husband. The American Fuel & Iron Co. faces fraud claims in a court of law. Bones in a Valdez glacier story is false. horse remains were found. A dynamite blast in New York injured six. one may die. A fire killed Jeanette Wilford and Anna Erd in St Paul. twelve injured. Explosion in Birmingham killed two workers. Bodies found near Pasa, Texas, due to poisoning. Wright brothers aviation establishment planned in Augusta with pledged funds.
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St. Paul
Jeanette Wilford
Anna Erd
Misa Wilford
Canada Moves Against the Shoe Machine Trust
In Toronto on December 31 a suit against the United States Shoe Machinery Co. is pressed as the first test of Canada's new anti trust law. Quebec manufacturers charge the company with illegal combination to fix prices, seeking to void patents used to restrain trade.
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Quebec
Terrible Hardship Endured By Lineman In Avalanche
J C Hutchinson a Sunset Telephone lineman was caught in a snowslide in the Cascade mountains while repairing wire trouble. He climbed to the surface and used a pocket telephone to signal for help. Relief workers followed the cable to reach him and he was later taken to Cle Elum hospital with a likely crippled arm.
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Ellensburg
J. C. Hutchinson
Sunset Telephone Co
Cascade Mountains
Cle Elum Hospital
Chicago Trolley Warfare Ends in Armistice
An armistice between Chicago suburbs residents and the Chicago Railways company halts the double fare feud. Judge Peter S. Grosacup arranged the truce, to last until February 12 Lincoln's birthday, providing a temporary peace in the urban transit standoff.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago Railways Company
Peter S. Grosacup
Lincoln
Markets reflect varied prices and meat rates in Washington region
A torpid market listing shows fluctuating prices for beef pork and mutton across Washington and Puget Sound areas. Cattle steers hogs and veal values are posted with varying weights and cuts including loin, shoulder, ribs, and liver with regional notes and preliminary figures.
Nature fake and small town oddities spark year end notes
Brief year end dispatches from Auburn Missouri and Maine report whimsical incidents. A butterfly found in an outhouse at a local condensed milk works. a domestic dispute in Kansas City ends with a ten dollar fine. a Montana cat steals tobacco. a Lewiston raid uncovers three quarts of whiskey in hose. a Canadian perfumed package to druggist Partridge leads to a border mix up. and a New York burglary suspect bites a pursuer during capture.
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Auburn
William Hibbard
How Did Venus Lose Her Arms A Star Mystery
A four chapter feature invites readers to solve the mystery of the Venus de Milo arms. The Star recounts the statue's discovery in 1820 on Milo Greece and its display in the Louvre. Readers are asked to study the statue’s stumps and body posture for the photographer’s solution to the “sad accident.”
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Venus of Milo
Milo
Greece
Divine
Paris
Louvre
Venus
Emblem Flowers for Christina Rossetts
Roses and honeysuckle wreaths are described as emblems for love and memory. Lilies, pansies, violets, and sweet scents accompany a dedication to Christina Rossetts, framing a traditional poetic tribute.
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Christina Rossetts
Ex-Saloonkeeper's Wife Runs for Legislature in Indiana
Mrs Antoinette Leach of Sulivan Indiana campaigns for the state legislature on a self shaped platform. She audits her own ads speaks to crowds and notes she cannot vote for herself. Leach studied law and maintains a practice aided by her husband’s dry mining district history.
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Antoinette Leach
Sul-ivan
Ind
United States
Chinese merchant Sam Hock Lee ends decades in New England laundries
New York sue despatch details Sam Hock Lee a 66 year old Chinese merchant who controlled about 300 laundries in New England has just quit the business life. He is valued at about $600 000.
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New York
Sam Hock Lee
New England
Plenty of Girls Willing to Wed in Seattle Dear Miss Grey
A century old column features letters to Prince Carl seeking a marriage partner. Young women describe themselves with ages, appearances, and interests while suitors reply offering meeting plans and requests for addresses. Courtship questions from Seattle and Sedro-Woolley appear alongside wishes for home life and reliable income.
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Seattle
Miss Grey
Prince Carl
the Star
Sedro-Woolley
Wash
Beattie
Miss Grey Answers Mail And Letters To Readers
Column presents questions from readers on Christ birth dates, marriage after loss, cleaning methods, and social issues. Advice covers Christmas meaning, mourning periods, a dieting tip, cleaning pillows, and a plea about clerks wage gaps and marriage prospects.
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Moissant
John B. Moissant
Skymen
Nicholas Kinet
Daniel Kinet
Brussels
Lieut
Vivaldi
Rome
Maasdyk
Arnheim
George Chavez
Alps
Brigue
Milan
Herr Plochmann
Muthausen
Bourges
Aey
Lieut. Sagliette
Centocelle
Ralph Johnstone
Denver
Cecil Grace
Fost
English Channel
DR. Critz
DR. Powers
Mrs. Denny
Hunter
United Proc
Ity United Press
Koston
Der
Grace M. Piggott
Austin Wordsworth
Maine
Rudolph Samet
Balllargeon
Astern
Westorn
London
Tyrrell ‘Shoe Co
Arctic Club
Madison St. Methodist Church
William Park
Frederick W. Keator
Episcopal Diocese of
Olympia
Seattle Ministerial Federation
Tom
Kaneas City
Walter Vanstone
Vanstone
Alcke Winter
Elizabeth Carr
St. Joseph
The
1 Ways
American Fuel & Iron Co
Boud County
Ethelbert Ward
Valdez
Valdez Glacier
East River
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Ensley
Joe Atwell
William Hunter
Pasa
Elias Province
Augusta
Wright Brothers
Canada
Oregon
Sina
Fee
T. Mor
Hinds
Price
Puget Mound
Nature
William
Kansas City
William Horis
Missoula
Mont. Dee
Emma Jackson
Lewiston
Dee
Sturgis
Partride
W. KR
Frank H. Vick
John Hughes
Falta Seaee
Iaeale
Moore
Florence Roberts
Jones
Lois—Lewis and Lake Company
Alhambra
Orpheum
Majestic Vaudeville
Pantages
Vaudeville
Star—Burlesque
Indiana
Star
Lillian
Cynthia Grey
Adele
Ike
Bessie
Daily Star
Mona
Cynthia Greys
Mixes Grey
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Lily
BR. CO. Se
Gnthia Grey
Walter Raleigh
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